iphone 3G and e-mail

[shedracer]

Question if you don't mind please. If I receive e-mails on my iphone 3G, am I still vulnerable to viruses etc and if so how do you protect yourself?

 

[Doug]

I use mine for emails, gmail and hotmail, no idea if there is anything that is designed to attack the Iphone but just don't open anything you don't recognise

 

[llotse]

I forward all my email to Google mail which has a fantastic spam and virus scanner. I have had very little spam get through and I used to get hundreds. I then forward that to Yahoo mail which will 'push' it to the iPhone, or so it says, it is a bit hit and miss on the pushing though Not heard of any iPhone being affected by a virus.

 

[ILMV]

Most viruses that use email as a vehicle are aimed to take advantage with vulnerabilities with Windows, so it is unlikely that the common spam / virus email will be able to comprimise your iPhone.

I also use gmail, so most of the email I get has the spam / viruses filtered out by default, of which has never let me down.

But let's not forget common sence, if you don't know the sender, don't open the email.


ILMV

 

[cookie]

AFAIK there is still no virus that affects OS-X, a version of which runs the iPhone.

that is virus, as distinct from trojan of which there have been a couple lately. since they are embedded in hooky copies of iLife and supposed video codecs, you should come to no grief with an iPhone.